Relative efficiency of specific and ad-valorem tariffs in a model of monopolistic competition
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Keywords
Specific and ad-valorem tariffs; Efficiency; Monopolistic competition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
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